HTML email

[cheroxy]

Is it possible to write HTML in your email templates and have that process correctly when run through gmail coming from OD? The only way I can think of adding any pictures or anything is to do it via the signature setting in Gmail. Any advice?
Thanks

[jsalmon]

I think we would have to change the code just before sending the email to set a flag to let the receiver know that the message is html. It's pretty simple if I remember right, something like : mail.IsBodyHtml = true; So with that knowledge, it would be a pretty simple feature request to implement. We would most likely make a preference so that people could toggle sending those types of messages. You can vote on the current feature request #429 but it seems no one has voted on it yet. It'd be much quicker to pay for it yourself.

[cheroxy]

Thanks. I'll think about that. I was considering adding in Demand Force, but with the recall system OD has the only things that I don't get already are images in emails and Req#728. How do I go about paying for it, just pledge? A couple of months of Demand Force payments would be easy to fork over for a code request.

[jsalmon]

You can pledge or a quicker way would be to email Jordan for a direct quote on how much it would cost to implement.

[cheroxy]

Will do!

[jordansparks]

Sorry, that's outdated information. We used to give quotes, but we don't do that anymore. You could do the very same thing by putting a pledge into our feature request system. I don't think we would release something that just let you put raw html in the message. At the very least, we would include a preview of what it would look like. So it's not a one line change by any means. It includes a new field and a number of UI changes.

[cheroxy]

No worries, I'll cast my vote.

[sbgcd]

This is very important feature for offices who would like to do internal marketing... (e.g. Refer a Friend) proper HTML email with mass email lists.. small request that not all the dentist users realizing it but impact is huge!!.. just my 2 cents.. thanks.

[Jay]

Some time back I suggested a button that launches Outlook from within OD and passes patient name and attachments to Outlook.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4426&p=18897&hilit=postman#p18897

I really believe this is the best way to go for the reasons I provided in that post (basically encrypted email). This feature request (# 2211) has several votes. If you agree why not vote for it and you will get what you want in addition to encrypted email.